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Antonyms for sustaining


Grammar : Verb
Spell : suh-steyn
Phonetic Transcription : səˈsteɪn



Definition of sustaining

Origin :
  • late 13c., from Old French sustenir "hold up, endure," from Latin sustinere "hold up, support, endure," from sub "up from below" (see sub-) + tenere "to hold" (see tenet). Related: Sustained; sustaining.
  • verb keep up, maintain
  • verb endure, experience
Example sentences :
  • This would be a sustaining capacity of 48 pounds per horsepower.
  • Extract from : « Flying Machines » by W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell
  • Power of sustentation; the quality of sustaining a weight in the air.
  • Extract from : « Flying Machines » by W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell
  • They might have fancied they were sustaining a siege, so great were the noise and the discomfort.
  • Extract from : « Doctor Pascal » by Emile Zola
  • It was like the exhaustion of a battery, the collapse of the sustaining power.
  • Extract from : « The Strollers » by Frederic S. Isham
  • The great point is not to fail in ordering and sustaining the effort of our life.
  • Extract from : « A Set of Six » by Joseph Conrad
  • Sustaining her, he lost himself in the profound silence of the night.
  • Extract from : « Victory » by Joseph Conrad
  • And I fear I wearied her with my reasons for not sustaining it.
  • Extract from : « The Paliser case » by Edgar Saltus
  • There were many nursing mothers, but all were sustaining more than their own.
  • Extract from : « Old Rail Fence Corners » by Various
  • Anything that has the quality of sustaining life, as a food.
  • Extract from : « The Wonder Island Boys: The Tribesmen » by Roger Finlay
  • The heir has the advantage of sustaining his ancestor's and the right is acquired.
  • Extract from : « The Common Law » by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

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